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Sectional committee: Physiology

He has struggled to understand a basic piece of arithmetic in the paper and considers himself a 'broken reed' and is unable to fully judge the paper. The work in the paper is 'good and careful' and it should be published. The paper should be referred to someone who won't find difficulty in following it.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1935].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 August 1934.

Reference number
RR/54/100
Earliest possible date
05 August 1934
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph Barcroft

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Joseph Barcroft, Referee's report by Joseph Barcroft, on a paper 'The secretory phenomena in the oviduct of the fowl, including the process of shell formation examined by the microincineration technique' by K C Richardson, 05 August 1934, RR/54/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_54_100/referees-report-by-joseph-barcroft-on-a-paper-the-secretory-phenomena-in-the-oviduct-of-the-fowl-including-the-process-of-shell-formation-examined-by-the-microincineration-technique-by-k-c-richardson, accessed on 10 November 2024

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